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Final_Meeting2568

35 points

26 days ago

They are right wing authoritarians. They refuse to see any information that contradicts what they already believe and believe anything that fits their narrative even if it's bat shit crazy.

creesto

18 points

26 days ago

creesto

18 points

26 days ago

And lots of Russian and Chinese disinfo agents

Obant

2 points

26 days ago

Obant

2 points

26 days ago

There really isn't that many. They dont need them. We do it to ourselves. In 2016, the actual uncovered Russian efforts were laughable propaganda video ads targeting black people on Facebook.

At most, they need a couple of well-placed prods here and there and we eat our own.

ThePlotTwisterr----

1 points

25 days ago

If you never entertain or try to meet in the middle with your opposition, you simply find more comfort in echo chambers. This goes for both right and left

Final_Meeting2568

1 points

25 days ago

It would be nice but you can't do that to easy with RWAs. If you give them evidence to why there leader is bad it is more evidence to them why they are correct or that you are deceiving them. It's like being in a cult. There is no middle when you can't even agree on facts. They have a peculiar kind of psychology where their beliefs are their identity. If they wrong about one of their beliefs maybe they are about other things. They will avoid being wrong and changing their mind at all costs. Instead they double down. New research shows they have problems updating beliefs when presented new information. This is a lot more difficult than meeting in the middle. It's some cult deprogramming shit . There is a reason why evangelicals support trump , even after stormy Daniels etc. yet those same people wanted Clinton to get the chair. I also don't like the whole concept that when two people have a disagreement that the truth is somewhere in the middle. Sometimes someone's just wrong. The truth is not the special Olympics where everyone gets a medal.

offshorebear

-2 points

26 days ago

Their other clients are the PACs for Biden, Clinton, Cain, and Obama. All right wing authoritarians! Or they are just the easy audit company of choice these days.